Top Headlines

• Attacker kills two German tourists at Red Sea beach resort in Egypt
• Gunmen kill five Egyptian policemen in Badrashin south of Cairo
• IMF approves second loan payment to Egypt
• Deadly battle between police and island ‘squatters’
• Egyptian army foils militants attempt to cross Libyan border
• Egyptian churches suspend pilgrimages and trips amid fears of attacks
• Electronics ban on Egypt-U.S. flights to be lifted next week
• Egypt population reaches 93.33 million

Abdul Rahman  Shaaban attacked six tourists, killing two Germans in Hurghada

Photo via AL-Arabiya 

Main Headlines

Monday

• Joint Saudi/Bahrain/Egypt/UAE statement: Documents confirm Qatar’s evasion of all its commitments
• Egypt’s PM renews curfew in designated areas of North Sinai
• Egypt expects to receive second IMF loan disbursal second IMF loan disbursal
• Egypt’s core inflation rate increases to 31.95 percent in June
• Egypt and France launch joint naval exercise Cleopatra 2017
• Egypt holds discussions on $104 million funding package from USAID

Tuesday

• Electronics ban on Egypt-U.S. flights to be lifted next week
• Egypt says Arab foreign ministers boycotting Qatar to meet Tillerson on Wednesday
• Egypt says suspected militant is killed in a shoot out
• After Abbas, Egypt hold talks, official says Gaza border won’t be open without PA supervision
• Egypt is committed to bringing Regeni killers to justice, Sisi Tells Italian lawmakers

Wednesday

• Egypt’s Sisi says ‘no compromises’ in confronting countries that support terrorism
• Egypt to halt flour subsidy and cut wheat imports by up to 10 percent
• New European-style buses hit the streets of Cairo

 Thursday

• Cairo airport passes US National Transportation Safety Board inspection
• Egyptian churches suspend pilgrimages and trips
• amid fears of attacksGermany to support Egypt to be main aerospace center in Africa

Friday

• Attacker kills two German tourists at Red Sea beach resort in Egypt
• Gunmen kill five Egyptian police in Badrashin south of Cairo
• Perpetrators of Badrashin attack stole police’s arms and wireless devices
• IMF Chief praises Egypt’s measures on economic reforms
• Italian parliament delegation concludes visit to Cairo

Saturday

• Berlin is “dismayed and furious” over murder of German women in Egypt
• Egyptian police reveals the identity of the man behind Friday’s attack in Hurghada
• Berlin confirms two tourists killed in Egypt’s Hurghada were German nationals
• Egyptian police kill two men suspected of involvement in Friday’s attack in Badrashin
• Egyptian police kill four terrorists in Ismailia shootout
• Hundreds protest killing of a suspect inside a police station in Qena
• Egypt’s foreign direct investment rises 12 percent in 2016/17

Sunday

• Deadly battle between police and island “squatters”
• Egyptian army foils militants attempt to cross Libyan border
• Egypt’s army killed 3 highly dangerous Takfiris and arrested another in Central Sinai
• Interior Ministry kills 6 militants affiliated with Muslim brotherhood in Giza and Ismailia
• Knifeman arrested after injuring church guard in Alexandria
• US dollar exchange rate witnessed a relatively high increase against the Egyptian pound

Good Reports

• Egyptian knife attacker sat and spoke with two victims in fluent German. Ahmd Hatem and Hamza Hendawi
• State renews its battle with Nile islands residents, contesting their ownership of state land. Heba Afify
• Energy subsidy cuts, take its toll on the average Egyptians. Mohamed Samir

 Good Read

• Egypt’s Best Friends in D.C. Avi Asher Schapiro
• Egypt’s Copts keep the faith in the fight against ISIS. Heba Saleh

Twitter

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Plus

• Egypt population reaches 33 million
• Egypt signs $4 billion deal with @Bombardier to build Cairo’s metro line 6
• Over 500 women obtained arms licenses in Egypt

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt